Contemporary Issues

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES


Contemporary Issues Course Overview
ODE "Contemporary World Issues" Learning Standards

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Daily News Journal Assignment
Current Events Teaching Assignment
Current Events Teaching Schedule
News Sources
NEWSELA CNN STUDENT NEWS USAFACTS
National Geographic Geography Daily Quiz
Fantasy Geopolitics Homepage Fantasy Geopolitics "How To trade and add/drop countries" video
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CHARLOTTESVILLE AND EXTREMISM
Choices Lesson Charlottesville
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/parenting/ct-talking-to-students-about-charlottesville-20170817-story.html
Paradox of Tolerance
How Other nations deal with their monuments
NYT: How do we define fringe views in America (changing social attitudes)

AMERICAN DREAM
American Dream Interview Movie Assignment What does the American Dream mean today?
Movie Maker Rubric
NYTimes video Teenagers: what does America Stand for?

WORLD POVERTY
NPR: Does cash aid help the poor or make them lazy?

Don't Panic — End Poverty - Gapminder

MEDIA ISSUES
News Literacy Project
TED ed: How to choose your news (and lesson plan)
Factitious (Can you tell which story is the fake news?)
Washington Post Fake News column
NYTimes: Fake News vs. Real News
Washington Post: Teaching Students about Fake News
NPR: Fake or Real News
On the Media: Breaking News and Fake News
Fakenewswatch
Who Owns What? in media companies
Project Censored Teacher's Guide


Vice News Charlottesville

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MDG Idea
Lady Liberty 9/11 idea
Refugees
Integrating the Refugee into your curriculum
Who is a Refugee?
God Grew Tired of Us
NPR story on IDPs
Pres Debate: Why risk taking in Syrian refugees?
Against All Odds--Refugee Simulation
Forced From Home (MSF Exhibit)
NPR Story on MSF Exhibit "Forced From Home"
Migrant Numbers: Migration Policy Institute
UNHCR Video: Meet the Nation of the Displaced
UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2013
2013 Displacement Levels and Trends Chapter-- Good Charts
2014 Trends at a Glance--UNHCR
Video -- 2014 Trends at a Glance--UNHCR
UNHCR: World Displacement Hits All-Time High
Europe's New Refugees--Maps and Stats
Syrian Refugee Crisis--by the numbers
UNHCR Refugee Stories
Choices: Refugee Lessons
Migrant Numbers: Migration Policy Institute
apa Refugee empathy activity

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Election 2016
Voter Access Guide
Greene County Board of Elections
List of Candidates
List of Local Issues
League of Women Voters
NYT--In a Tight Race Every Party Matters

Huffington Post: "Teaching the Election"

US Election as Seen around the World

How world press viewed first debate
What would newspapers in 13 countries day about trump?
Watching America

Campaign Ads
Which Candidate are your views most similar to?
Project Look Sharp: Presidential Elections
Democratic Debate Video clips
NYT -- Who is running for president?
NYT--Who is winning?
NYT--The Money Race
Million Dollar Donors
Primary Schedule
1952 Election Materials
C-Span talk on the Electoral College
Frontline: Big Money

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Refugees
Who is a Refugee?
God Grew Tired of Us
Pres Debate: Why risk taking in Syrian refugees?
Choices: Understanding Syrian Refugees Through Comics
Against All Odds--Refugee Simulation
Forced From Home (MSF Exhibit)
Migrant Numbers: Migration Policy Institute
UNHCR Video: Meet the Nation of the Displaced
UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2013
2013 Displacement Levels and Trends Chapter-- Good Charts
2014 Trends at a Glance--UNHCR
Video -- 2014 Trends at a Glance--UNHCR
UNHCR: World Displacement Hits All-Time High
Europe's New Refugees--Maps and Stats
Syrian Refugee Crisis--by the numbers
UNHCR Refugee Stories
Choices: Refugee Lessons
Migrant Numbers: Migration Policy Institute
apa Refugee empathy activity

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How to Start a High School News Program
School Journalism.org
School Video News
Shiloh High School Weekly News
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Brazil/Olympics
Brazil Presentation
Brazilian Black Lives Matter (NPR)
Brazil's Murders and Gun Laws (NPR)
Understanding the Brazil Beyond the Olympics
10 Things that will shock you about Brazil (travel video)
Brazil Vocabulary List

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Human Rights
Create a "Fakebook" Page
Freedom in the World (Interactive Map)
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Youth for Human Rights: What are human rights? video
Article 19
Freedom of the Press Report
Freedom on the Net report
Human Rights Covenants
AI: Video--2015 Human Rights Report
AI: Decriminalize the Sex Trade
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Genealogy
PBS Finding Your Roots Profiles
Greene County Library --Genealogy Resources
ancestry.com 14-day free trial
US Gen Web
Steve Morse One Step Search tool
Irish Genealogy
Finding Ghanaian Ancestors
Discover Your Ancestors -- BYU
NPR: When "Where are you from" takes you someplace unexpected
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RELIGION
Religion Presentation Questions
Religion & Ethics Newweekly Video Clips
Crash Course Freedom of Religion
Survey: Politics, Social Issues, Gender, Family, and Religion
Wikipedia --Major Religions of the World--See Maps
Religious Stats/Information in US
Quick Stats--beliefs, attitudes, politics, behaviors, etc.
Shinto Presentation
Pew Forum on Religion
Teaching Tolerance Sources/Ideas
Religion Quizzes
ARDA youtube channel of religious practices

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Massachusetts Tour Presentation


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Global Trade
Trading Places Project Assignment
Trading Places Research Log
Trading a red paperclip for a house
Why do nations trade? video mini lecture
Choices Unit: International Trade: Competition and Cooperation in a Globalized World
"The TPP in Plain English"
The TPP Accord Explained (NYT)
NPR Interview with TPP Negotiator
NAFTA-- Beyond the Bubble Assessment
NPR Planet Money Makes a T-shirt series
Clothes Recycling video
Foxconn Manager Interview
Iphone's Journey
Adidas Soccer Ball Supply chain
How a Soccer Ball Reaches a Consumer's Doorstep
Report: The Reality of Soccer Ball Stitchers
Patagonia Supply Chain footprint
Worker Rights Consortium
Good guide.com

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Foreign Aid
Choices "Famine" lesson plan
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Election 2016
Huffington Post: "Teaching the Election"

US Election as Seen around the World

Russian Source
China on Clinton
Mexico on Trump

Campaign Ads
Which Candidate are your views most similar to?
Project Look Sharp: Presidential Elections
Democratic Debate Video clips
NYT -- Who is running for president?
NYT--Who is winning?
NYT--The Money Race
Million Dollar Donors
Primary Schedule
1952 Election Materials
C-Span talk on the Electoral College
Frontline: Big Money
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Good News
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
huffington post good news
TED: How we can make the world a better place
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Where to Invade Next EXAM

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Climate Change
YSHS Morning News--Paris Climate Change Presentation
BBC on Climate Change talks
Al Jazeera on climate change talks
NPR Coverage of Paris Climate Talks
Fox News on Climate Change
China Daily on Climate Talks
New York Times coverage of Paris climate talks
World Press.org coverage of climate talks

NPR-- 10 things to know about Paris climate change meeting
Brandalism video
NYT--"Short Answers to Hard Questions on Climate Change"
Challenging the NYT coverage Liberal Media Bias
Republicans try to stop Paris climate agreement
"Pricey Bargains" video
Choices Curriculum--Climate Change

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Refugees
Who is a Refugee?
Pres Debate: Why risk taking in Syrian refugees?
Against All Odds--Refugee Simulation
Forced From Home (MSF Exhibit)
Migrant Numbers: Migration Policy Institute
UNHCR Video: Meet the Nation of the Displaced
UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2013
2013 Displacement Levels and Trends Chapter-- Good Charts
2014 Trends at a Glance--UNHCR
Video -- 2014 Trends at a Glance--UNHCR
UNHCR: World Displacement Hits All-Time High
Europe's New Refugees--Maps and Stats
Syrian Refugee Crisis--by the numbers
UNHCR Refugee Stories
Choices: Refugee Lessons
Migrant Numbers: Migration Policy Institute
apa Refugee empathy activity

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Survey: Are You Conservative, Liberal, or Something Else?
TED talk: The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives
YourMorals.org

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Education
Film: Most Likely to Succeed
PBS: Time For School 3 (part 1)
Finland to get rid of all school subjects

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Guns
Why is the US #1 in Mass Shootings?
Columbine Film -- New York Times
Kristoff: Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals

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Women
Half the Sky
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Financial Literacy
HS requires financial literacy

North Korea
Six Party New Sources
China China's Official News
North Korea North Korea's Official News
South Korea Korea Joongang Daily newspaper Official South Korean Government Website
Russia Russia's Official News
Japan Daily Yomiuri Japan Newspaper Official Japanese Ministry Site about North Korea
USA (many sources) White House USA Today
Nothing to Envy
Pyongyang

Origins: North Korea Podcast
TED: This is what it's like to teach in North Korea--Watch this and answer three questions for homework:
1. What new things did you learn about North Korea?
2. What did Suki Kim learn from her experiences?
3. Was Suki Kim justified in posing as a teacher when she went undercover to a North Korean university?
NYT: Hello Pyongyang: Are you ready to rock?
Wide Angle: Crossing Heaven's Border